Combination shoe shine brush



P 1, 1959 R. MANFREDE 2,901,758

COMBINATION SHOE SHINE BRUSH Filed Feb. 19, 1957 FIG. 2

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INVENTCR ROLAND MANFREDE ATTORNEY United States Patent O COMBINATION SHOE SHINE BRUSH Roland Manfrede, New York, NY.

Application February 19, 1957, Serial No. 641,208

1 Claim. (Cl. 114) This invention relates to shoe shine brushes and the like with an improved construction rendering the brush more useful and scuff-proof.

In normal use of shoe shine brushes of the present type having an extension handle, the head portion, to which the bristles are fixed to one face and a polish padding is fixed to the opposite face, has heretofore had an exposed hard edge, which was subject to knocks against surrounding fixtures or furniture, especially in close quarters. Such unavoidable knocks would often nick not only the edge of the head of such brush, but also the fixtures or furniture, and sometimes even cause more serious accidents to breakable items. Furthermore, if the shoe shiner was not careful, and too aggressive, the brush would sometimes slip and spoil his aim, scufiing the shoe with the exposed rim or edge of the hard head of the brush. Some of these scuifs have been found difficult to remove.

The object of the present invention is to make this type of shoe shine brush safer to use by making it impossible to accidentally scuff the shoe or produce nicks in either the brush head or in adjacent items of furniture, and by reducing the chances of breaking other frangible items.

A further object is to round oif the rim of this type of brush head and to extend the bristle mountings as close as possible to the edge of one face of the head, and the padding from the other face down over the rounded rim, leaving no portion of the hard rim exposed for accidentally scuffing the shoe or harming any adjacent items of value by striking them.

A further object is to provide a slightly convex external outline for the bristle brush and padding portions, in the axial direction as well as laterally across the head.

A further object is to extend the above rounding off of the rim to the back portion of the brush head up to its juncture with the handle into which it is faired, eliminating all sharp corners in plan outline of the head.

Other and more specific objects Will appear in the following detailed description of a preferred form of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the shoe brush looking at the padding side of the head,

Fig. 2 is an axial sectional view of the brush taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the brush head taken on the line 33 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

The brush has a frame comprising the head portion 10 and the handle 11 extending from the rear thereof and faired into the head portion. The front corners 12 and the rear corners 13 of the head portion are rounded to eliminate sharp corners in plan profile, and the entire rim 14 of the head 10 is rounded off in vertical section, all the Way around, to its juncture with the handle 11.

The bristle mountings lS extend across the whole face 16 of the head, as close to its edge as possible, and the padding 17 is extended beyond the edges of the other face 18 of the head, over the rounded rim 14; so that no part of the hard rim is exposed to knock accidentally against adjacent fixtures or furniture or other items that might otherwise be harmed thereby.

The bristles 19 are out and the padding 17 is so formed and stuffed as to provide slightly convex profiles axially as well as laterally across the head 10. Any stuffing material 20 may be used under the padding 17 to build up the desired profile. The handle is suitably contoured to provide a comfortably firm grip for the shoe shiner.

A brush made as here disclosed will obviously be scuff-proof no matter how its rim should happen to strike the shoe or any other item, because of the protective padding all around it. The absence of any sharp corners in plan profile further minimizes any concentrated blows that might otherwise be harmful to the more fragile items. The rounded corners cause the blow to be distributed over a larger area and thus be more readily dissipated without causing harm.

Many obvious modifications in the form and details of the construction disclosed may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, as defined in the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A shoe brush having a frame of hard material comprising a double faced head portion having one convex and one flat side and a handle extending therefrom, said head portion having rounded corners in plan and provided with rows of bristles mounted on said convex face extending close to its edges, and padding mounted on its flat face extending beyond its edges over the rim of said head portion, and in close proximity to said bristles, said bristles being cut and said padding being formed to provide convex profiles axially as well as laterally across said head portion, whereby no hard, unprotected surface of the head will be exposed.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 690,850 Gibberd Jan. 7, 1902 802,685 Debacher Oct. 24, 1905 1,975,643 Levin Oct. 2, 1934 FOREIGN PATENTS 158,997 Germany Mar. 18, 1905 222,517 Switzerland Jan. 4, 1943 295,041 Italy May 20, 1930 v 

